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Annie

Girls' name · Early 20th-century perennial

Living in the US
~116,900 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#182 among girls
Births in 2025
1,690 362,180 since 1880
Typical age
66 years, median

Annie popularity over time

Annie rank by birth year, 1880–2025Annie ranked #11 in 1880 and #182 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #8, in 1881.#10#100#182best #8 in 188118901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

1922 is the peak year for Annie, with 7,513 births. It appears in the very first year SSA covers, 1880. It has held a top-100 place in 68 separate years.

In 2025 it ranked #182 with 1,690 births. The ten-year change is +67%.

Babies named Annie per yearPeaks at 7,513 births in 1922.7,513 in 1922018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Annie?

Roughly 116,900 Annies are alive in the US right now. SSA has recorded 362,180 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Annie?

Median age among living Annies: 66. The 1940s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Annie a early 20th-century perennial name.

Your Annie

Ages of living people named AnnieHalf of living Annies are older than 66 and half younger.median 66020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Annie is most common

Utah uses the name 2.9× as often as the country as a whole. Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama follow.

Where Annie is used more than average5 states use the name Annie more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: 2.9× the national rateUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: 2.1× the national rateKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: 2.2× the national rateLAMississippi: 2.4× the national rateMSAlabama: 2.2× the national rateALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Annie is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Utah 398 2.9×
Mississippi 205 2.4×
Louisiana 341 2.2×
Alabama 344 2.2×
Kentucky 307 2.1×

Annie in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Annie ranked #111 in 2025 on 425 births.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Notable people named Annie

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Annie Ernaux French writer 1940 93
Annie Besant British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator 1847–1933 81
Annie Jump Cannon American astronomer 1863–1941 66
Annie Girardot French actress 1931–2011 59
Annie Leibovitz American photographer 1949 52
Annie Proulx American novelist, short story and non-fiction author (b. 1935) 1935 50
Annie Wersching American actress 1977–2023 41
Annie Oakley American exhibition sharpshooter 1860–1926 38
Photo credits (6)

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Annie

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

Same feel, less common

The same matches, limited to names given at most half as often as Annie was in 2025.

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